Paul Simon - Kodachrome (Official Audio)

"Kodachrome" by Paul Simon
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Chorus:
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama don’t take my Kodachrome away

[@topnotch99]

First memory of this song: Summer 1972 or 1973. It’s on the AM radio. I am 12 and in the backseat of my mom’s 1965 Pontiac Safari station wagon. It’s hot. It’s summer. No a/c so the windows are all down. We are crossing the Savannah River into Georgia and downtown Savannah. I can still smell the paper mills and swampy acrid smell. We are on a long drive back to Miami. No interstates. This song blew me away. I can still smell that paper mill and see that bridge in my mind when I hear this song. Everything’s going to be ok.

[@willard2729]

Well said...I have a picture in my mind and I've never been there.

[@christophers.o622]

Mark Martin that song was in the summer of 1973 during the time I used to love summer, and now I hate summer where I live at in Arizona. Iended up there because of the Clinton military base closures in California, Colorado,Florida.

[@toddroberson1663]

Very vivid memories of this song for me so well. 11 years old first noticing girls at Westwood Swim Club in Indianapolis. A girl named Lisa and i went out in the woods by the club singing this song and made out by a stream called Eagle Creek. We could hear the chorus floating out from the club loudspeaker into the woods. She let me touch her boob. In fact, I think she put my hand on her boob. Thanks Paul!

[@19boulder11]

I live in Savannah right now listening to this as I smoke a cigar on my balcony.

[@ricarleite]

THAT'S a great memory. My memory of this song sucks. It reminds me of the Coneheads movie.

[@vivievei6298]

I’m a black 27 year old from the hood of Detroit😭😭😂😂🤣🗣. And i fucking love this song. I guess because i loved watching coneheads and this song always had me dancing. Makes me feel euphoric!

[@arthurmorgan7642]

You see, that's what I mean. It doesn't matter where what when and how your raised, you can still have a different opinion then the majority of the people in that neighborhood listening to rap. Most stereotypes aren't true you know (I'm as white as white can physically be btw)

[@kenperk9854]

Roger Hawkins of the legendary Swampers didn't play the drums on this song. He played a cracker box! Talk about musical geniuses, the Swampers were! They didn't make a movie Called Muscle Shoals for nothing. Watch it and learn more about music history than you thought possible.

[@michaelderoche5661]

It don't matter if you are a sister roll with it!! That's what it's about!

[@G.H.O.S.T.F.I.R.E]

.....So you're black and you don't feel guilty about listening to white people sing songs. Congratulations.

[@vivievei6298]

@@arthurmorgan7642 that’s exactly what I meant lol!

[@postmastersgt1670]

The "Coneheads" will forever bring me back here. I didnt understand the lyrics when I was young but as an adult you totally get it.

[@TrinaGallo]

I fell in love with this song from Coneheads too! But my (55 yr old) partner had to explain SOME of the lyrics! I totally forgot about buying film and putting it into the camera! 😂 For real!

[@donovanalex9751]

Today this song broke me down... My mom loved it and any time it came on and she'd turn it up, I would get mad for whatever reason. I now LOVE this song, it grew incredibly on me... especially the ending, hell, even my kids like it... and I never got the chance to tell my mom that one song that made me mad is blasted at my house and it breaks my heart. LOVE YOU MOM!!❤❤

[@theeatmebeatmelady8620]

You think grownups dont kno what bratty little shits they’re raising?? Honey, SHE KNOWS it was just angst. Dont let it break ur heart your heart should only FEEL like its going. To explode from all the joy and love and blessings

[@LimaWhiskey48]

It gets easier with time, she knows , she still can see you every day from heaven ❤️

[@osnat057]

My heart goes out to you so much, I know what you're talking about. And along with the pain, it's a wonderful memory!

[@robertsteffes5487]

Who is here because Paul Simon is just that damn good? 🙂

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

He is definitely that damn good!

[@Michael-no6jw]

But let's be honest.he's terrible live.he's a fantastic studio talent,but don't it outside Paul, please.

[@cynthianolder3557]

me!!!

[@r.l.sturgeonmoore7475]

Me!!!! ❤

[@adamholtz733]

Best line in a song goes to this one !!!! " When I think back on all the crap I learned in High School . It's a wonder I can think at all . " Pure poetry !!!

[@sherriffwiggles4515]

😂👍🏻

[@lrkk3698]

And all the girls I knew when I was single, what a concept.

[@lioneldubinsky7553]

considering that Paul's father was a high school teacher......

[@bh9225]

Trur

[@meme2514]

That is the hook because everyone can relate. ❤

[@petergarcia589]

Carrie said it best, "If Paul Simon wants to write a song about you. Let him!!!"

[@AyeCarumba221]

I’ll always have a very special association with this song. In about 1973 there was a store in Berkeley called Pacific Stereo. As a thirteen-year-old, I would go down there and drool at of of the wonderful electronic goodies. One day a salesman popped Kodachrome into a really nice system, and cranked it. It was as if I saw God for the first time. I had never known music with this high of fidelity and crispness. It felt like Paul Simon was there playing in the same room with me. Hearing this song always brings that moment right back to me. Even 48 years later.What brought me here today is an interview with the guy who was the drummer on this track, and he tells the story of working at the Muscle Shoals studio and what they had to do to get this exact sound of the drummer. It just gives me a whole new appreciation of this song and the musicians behind it.

[@jbuchana]

I have a similar memory of hearing Rainbow's "The Gates of Babylon" on a good set of headphones. Magic. Every time I hear that song, it takes me back.

[@billhorstkamp98]

I remember Pacific stereo. There was a few of them in the bay area. Yeah where did the time go man

[@Jay-gy5hs]

We had Pacific Stereo in Ft Worth, Tx. I loved that store!

[@jessicatabler7272]

My Dad use to put my sister and I on his feet and dance with us when this song came on!! Miss him so much!!

[@theeatmebeatmelady8620]

@@jessicatabler7272 my uncle's used to do this .. I'd completely forgotten about this! Thank you i

[@joeyd.7428]

Be 68 Friday, this song brings back some great times, great memories.

[@suzannewolf5062]

Me too ! Hello from France😊😀

[@ishaa5948]

Happy Birthday to u both. My sister's was the next day. 🙏

[@jamesskelton2988]

@joeyd.7428 happy belated bday🎉!Ah,good times!I am 64 and have been listening to a particular Beatles song (when I'm 64)that brings back great memories,but also gives me a reality slap!It's nice to listen to this and smile😊!

[@Marms41]

I will be 68 june 28th,happy Birthday

[@davidfinnegan9162]

Keep rocking

[@justinwakeling2966]

My new stepdad became my dad in 1975. He was a photographer and used a Nikon camera. It's my childhood.

[@BenDudley-zw2hh]

My dad died last week, this was his favorite song

[@sdguy1234]

Im so sorry for your loss. Im just discovering how much i love this song.

[@michaellyngefrancker4116]

Aaww... RIP. ❤

[@paulinegarcia888]

It's a great song. May he rest in peace

[@edwardpasby5051]

One of the best songs of the 70's. Practically everything Paul Simon has done is excellent

[@luckpenn5780]

Edward Pasby

[@nataliemanda1036]

I agree, I struggle to find fault with his songs.

[@patriciadavies5651]

Did Simon stop and add silences to it in the 70's? It sounded different...

[@lloydkline7245]

Edward Pasby love paul Simon

[@rubyblack6682]

Agreed 100% I grew up listening to him with my mom and will do the same with my kids.

[@captaineasychord1]

Kodachrome was one of those songs that defined the summer of 1973. I was 10 years old and all the world was a sunny day indeed whenever that song came on the radio. Bad, Bad Leeroy Brown and Shambala were also great summer ‘73 listens.

[@user-sm7hb1yj8v]

Right there with ya, captain!!

[@celebratelife865]

I wasn't born yet!

[@steveabdelkoui5663]

This song never gets old.

[@johnwomack8049]

Since there's no more Kodachrome, why doesn't some singer come up with a song about taking pictures with their cellphone and young kids with their noses always stuck in said phone!!!!😂❤😊

[@larrywiesner893]

This song takes you back to the incredible 70's. What great times as a teenager.

[@KristNi]

Takes me back to 1980s. I wasn't born in the 1970s

[@Evsta]

@@KristNi Takes me back to around 1862. I listened to Paul Simon a lot during the civil war. Helped me get through the pain when I had to amputate all 5 of my arms and my 2 dicks

[@MrAlleghany]

When the world gets me down this song never fails to cheer me up.

[@cynthiaakin8345]

It does make you happy doesn't it 😊

[@gregbanish9255]

yes ... everything does look worse in black and white

[@johnlamotta7066]

Yesssdd

[@ackomanah6486]

In Kodachrome photos

[@alonsogarcia3593]

Me too 😂

[@bigdonnydeee8696]

I’m 23, and I’m hoping that my generation and the generation after ours never forgets this incredible display of music.

[@nomiddlenamenmn427]

I agree. These are The Founding Fathers and Mothers of Rock.

[@alpaca1775]

Ew

[@mattyian1208]

I’m 23 also and I love this classic music as well, and I was born in 1998.

[@willyjames8300]

@@mattyian1208 Listen to Graceland and Diamonds on the Souls of Her Shoes. Album of the year 1987. Then read how and WHO he recorded it with.

[@lawrenceaisingioro8045]

Never❤

[@Inspiringsuccess2]

Never will forget the very first time I heard this song. That next summer I got my first camera: a Kodak Instamatic and I fell in love with film. This song is the songtrack of my youth!

[@debraalexander7967]

The guest speaker at our graduation assembly in 1976 played a clip of this song: "When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school". The place just erupted with applause, shouting and whistles. It will forever live on my memory as one of the greatest speech intros ever!!! Makes me smile every time I hear the song.

[@ralphbishop5096]

I am 76. and have been a rocker since age 13 = this is a GREAT song!

[@vincent-dd8xk]

Whoa take it easy there, POPS!!

[@ericfelds6291]

This is the best comment I’ve had the pleasure of stumbling on in all my internet wanderings. Keep rocking bro!

[@jifreed49]

you wouldn't have been here without us@TCBTT

[@elisecliftonklitz]

@TCBTT we all have Pluto in Leo, us boomers🐯

[@subwayeatfrisch]

Happy belated 77th b day!

[@MelesaEFary]

I am 66. We studied Paul Simon in my English class in high school. Bob Dylan too!

[@frankgiancola7]

Most of us forgot about this amazing song by Paul Simon

[@KB-sv7fm]

This song reminds me of my older brother. He loved this song. He passed away a few years ago. He was one of those very bright students who found high school BORING. He loved the first line of this song. He once told me that he listened to this song every day. Every time I hear this song I think of him. I love it too.

[@MichaelClark-uw7ex]

I can relate, I was one of those too, I bet he never studied either. Got beat up more than once for blowing the grading curve. May your brother rest in peace.

[@KB-sv7fm]

@@MichaelClark-uw7ex Thank you. My brother always had his head in a book. He was just years ahead of what they were teaching in high school.

[@SpeegBJ]

I hear you....I hope you have favorite photo of your brother this camera song reminds you of. My former husband was a photographer.....when this tune came out! We used to sing it outloud all the time going to photo shoots. He died a few years ago. I can't listen to the song and not love every photo he took and still have.

[@KB-sv7fm]

@@SpeegBJ Thanks for sharing. Be well.

[@bradleyherbert2170]

love this song.😊😊

[@acgogoacgogo8854]

Don't think kids today even know what Kodachrome was. It was one of the most innovative advances in color photography. Simon's lyric captures it beautifully. "Greens of summers, makes you think all the world's a sunny day" He's right. I have summer photo of me and my family that was taken on a rainy day. Colors are bright, lawn is bright green. Sky is a stunning blue/grey, my cousin's blue eyes and yellow bathing suit.

[@nmay2991]

Acgogo Acgogo I doubt many people who know of it, but if they do it’s from this

[@hashed206]

Except it’s being used here as a metaphor not as a tribute to the actual film :)

[@kelsareis7674]

"I don't think kids today... ". I'm a millennial and an old soul and I'm passing these relics along to my kid 😊 We are out there. 😍

[@johnchronic6725]

Ektochrome was crap

[@davejohn3600]

it's funny I studied photography in the 90's and Kodachrome was as dead as disco at that time. You can't even get it processed today. Heck, I don't even know if you can get Ektochrome at this point!

[@michaelstein7995]

what a rollercoaster of a song. tempo changes, great lyrics, and a great voice..... and memories. Paul is a genius.

[@samanthab1923]

Beautifully produced too

[@alabhaois]

He sure is!!! 👍👍

[@jacobstoecker458]

Such a minor thing, but that piano swipe really energizes the song and it's lyrics

[@msb8013]

What tempo changes? There might be a bar or two of odd meter.

[@hmackie6823]

yeah,but for a musical genius,he has his political head up his ass

[@anthonyhoey6394]

I've converted my kids to some of the old stuff like Paul Simon,the stones,James Taylor,Crosby Stills and Nash etc,I know one day they will be greatful for this,all the greats are passing on,rip David Crosby.Greetings from Ireland .

[@davidmarine5159]

I remember hearing it in '83-84, being about 4 years old and being blown away, but having to ask my mom what , Kodachrome' was.. she showed me older family pictures in the format and it clicked! Awesome tune

[@amayz111]

I’m 17, this is such a wholesome song I only just found Paul Simon and i think ill stay around for a while

[@HighOnTheSound]

The album “Graceland” is a masterpiece

[@user-sd5qy3ng8q]

you should sing mama dont take my iphone

[@mbrow]

So glad you have discovered PS's music! Paul was in a duo, Simon and Garfunkel, prior to going solo. Make sure to check them out because they had some iconic hits as well.

[@sydneydesimone6323]

I discovered Simon&Garfunkel when I was a Junior in high school and fell in love - haven’t left since. I teach music now to kids in high school and talk about Paul Simon all the time 😂 it comes full circle. They’re the best! Stick around!!

[@kristinfrederick6867]

Welcome! Pull up a chair, stay a while, and enjoy the tunes. 😎

[@jaberosier9853]

When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school It's a wonder I can think at all And though my lack of education hasn't hurt me none I can read the writing on the wall Kodachrome They give us those nice bright colors Give us the greens of summers Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah I got a Nikon camera I love to take a photograph So mama, don't take my Kodachrome away If you took all the girls I knew when I was single And brought 'em all together for one night I know they'd never match my sweet imagination Everything looks worse in black and white Kodachrome They give us those nice bright colors They give us the greens of summers Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah I got a Nikon camera I love to take a photograph So mama, don't take my Kodachrome away Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away Mama, don't take my Kodachrome Mama, don't take my Kodachrome Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away Mama, don't take my Kodachrome Leave your boy so far from home Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away Mama, don't take my Kodachrome, mm Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away Okay

[@DatOneRadDad]

Thank you buddy!

[@collinsnider4179]

One of those songs that can get stuck in your head for DAYS!

[@ohioboyfishin5939]

YEAH MAN STAY GROOVY ☮️✌️

[@virgiliovillasenor3903]

True!

[@AntonioSaucedo22]

And you welcome it.

[@lulululululululululululululul]

Exactly

[@gregm7969]

Popped into my head a few days ago for absolutely NO reason! Had to listen to it again!

[@pisslizard01]

I've officially annoyed my entire family by singing the high harmony to this song whether it's existent or not.

[@emmao3870]

You are one of my favorite people.

[@journeystarr]

Sometimes you can't help it

[@perlyyyy]

Good for you!!!

[@kathleenkogel7112]

NitroDragon I did that just this morning woke up with this song in my head

[@rixpix2957]

Same here! Lol

[@jamesjohnson2900]

Let's not forget the amazing studio band who was backing him at Muscle Shoals. Barry Beckett on piano, David Hood on bass, etc. These guys MADE this album with their playing. Simon's work is amazing. But so much more goes into the making of a great record than just writing the songs. Vibe, engineering, studio cats who know a great feel, and get out of the way of that great song. All these things are what your hearing, but very few acknowledge them. Go take a look at some of the names of the players, then Google their names, and take a look at the hits they've recorded on. Believe me, it's not just a coincidence.

[@arlenjohnson8820]

The sign of a great musician is one who surrounds him or herself with other great musicians (and sound engineers, artists, etc). Paul Simon is therefore one of the truly greats.

[@garyfrazier5414]

Dixie Hummingbirds!

[@dsparkstbbucs]

That piano is on point!

[@kenperk9854]

David Sparks Barry Beckett, probably the greatest, most versatile keyboardist in music history. Check him out on My Little Town, Main Street, We've Got Tonight, I'll Take You There and on and on. Google him and check his Discogs rap sheet.

[@bobmoslow9554]

to back up your point...try "Late in the Evening"!

[@duggie6717]

First heard this awesome Paul Simon song on the radio in the summer of 1973 while working a college summer job at Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester New York ... worked in a huge darkroom in Building 25 at Kodak Park making Kodachrome film with other college kids ... I probably made over half a million rolls of film over three summers ... this song was kind of our "work anthem"!

[@disphoto]

I worked in an intern program in the summer of 1973 at the Kodak Hawkeye Works building (Art Deco on the Genesee River). I was studying Electrical Engineering and learned that that Kodak was a silver haloid chemistry company so not a great career path (I ended up in semiconductors). Still, the song Kodachrome, which was playing everywhere on the radio that summer (almost 3 decades before the iPod and even about one decade ahead of the Walkman becoming popular), brings back memories of that summer in Rochester NY.

[@corndooxjuliodorado7494]

I love this song. Never gets old!

[@JamesBrown-nu8vk]

This is DEFINITELY 1 of the most UPLIFTING songs 🎵 ever in History ABSOLUTELY!

[@brennonhoward7835]

Paul Simon is a rather gifted writer and is more than sufficient when it comes to making a pleasing melody, perhaps one of the greatest musicians I've heard so far.

[@lenaryder6325]

Brennon Howard love the music great beat!

[@paulb111]

Please don't forget to mention what a great singer he is too.

[@TyVerte]

​@Daddy Daddio He's definitely up there with the top: just his solo career is maddening: Duncan, Still Crazy After All These Years (that bridge!), Graceland, Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard. Then what about with Simon and Garfuknel? Bridge Over Troubled Water, Sound of Silence, The Boxer, Mrs. Robinson, So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright, the list goes on and on. Maybe McCartney and Lennon may edge him but he's definitely right up there with the top of the top in my books! A master songwriter and lyricist!

[@dreugh424]

@Daddy Daddio You see, that's the wonder of opinions. Neither of you is wrong, neither of you is right.

[@stevekearney5340]

@@dreugh424 Anytime family & friends are talking about music Paul is the #1 name I throw out there as The GOAT.

[@bubbaray8670]

I heard this song on my cool grandma's Walkman in 1988. She's the reason I love these old songs. I was fascinated by that Walkman back then being able to listen to head phones and nobody else could hear it. I was 4 years old. Great memories,🤣

[@neicyb61]

I’m black 62 year old an I love it. Paul Simon is an outstanding artist.❤️

[@bullbutter9699]

Nobody cares your black bro

[@ravenrose1972]

im 51 white and love it

[@culwin]

You gotta stop posting this on every classic song. Nobody cares if you are black, and Putin won't pay you more.

[@michaellyngefrancker4116]

You said it, man ❤

[@georgeparkins777]

I’d pay real money for Kodachrome to still be around. It’s the best colors of any film I know of, and it looked great cross-developed too. Look how much of a dive the quality of the photography in National Geography took when they went away from Kodachrome and Ektachrome.... digital is great but it doesn’t get the kind of colors I like

[@edwinclements8112]

Kodak dropped it, so there wasn't much National Geographic could do about that. Sometimes I think if I ever win one of these multi-hundred-million dollar lotteries, one thing I will do is see if I can buy the rights to it from Kodak and start producing it again.

[@darrinlindsey]

Digital gives you the color that was there. Many different apps can enhance the photo as you like, in many different ways.

[@tylerandus2051]

The longevity of it can't be matched ,processed and packaged slides. In the 2000 we started scanning em. I've scanned entire family's stories all captured on Kodachrome 40+ years in those carousels . After that many years there coolers just as vibrant as the day they were processed. NO OTHER negative /positive lasts half that

[@tylerandus2051]

Before they shut down there lab Kodachrome had a six month backlog and turnaround time they made it great by consistent quality control personally

[@onnowesterman4825]

@@edwinclements8112 Could very well be that kodak already solled the rights when t hey were to sell of a lot of patents in the yeares 2021 when they were changing to Kodak Alaris and had to sell lots of patents to get starting again. Chrome was stopped in 2009 by the way

[@markweintraub325]

Now this record brings back memories of the year of 1973, like this::: Kodachrome, Nancy Stuber, Convalescent Hospital for Children, the home visits, out with Dad in the car on Saturday morning, going over to the factory and listening to the Muzak for a while, with Bill Burton and the Muzak orchestra, going to see Steve at his trailer, and also seeing Nancy Stuber, lunch at the Arrows, but not the drive in, because the call microphones are very loud and harsh, a chocolate milkshake, a grilled cheese and bacon sandwich, cottage cheese, and strawberry shortcake, getting a new radio, which is a GE FM/AM Accent Line portable radio with Duracell batteries, a notebook and some pens, and some Road Runner and Tweety Bird comic books, that have the black and white kitty and the yellow bird in them, singing its heart out in its miniature willow frame cage, petting our kitty Suki,and she puts her soft little pink and white nose out to kitty kiss you, Gloria Barbaro, Tabby and her kittens, etc. -Mark Weintraub.

[@stevelinwood8362]

The 70s had the Music! Rock,Disco,Pop,R&B.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@debbieweber8314]

If we could only go back… : )

[@glenmaurizio630]

Greatest Summer song ever written!!! Loved it since the day it was released and still do just as much today!!!!!

[@Steve-yo4ld]

Amen, and what awesome memories! I'd go back in a heartbeat!✌️

[@cynthiadavis3749]

❤

[@matthewcollinsmc]

Can we call it a tie with Good Vibrations? :)

[@ssully8542]

Photography was about the only class that wasn't crap in high school. ENJOY your retirement Paul, THANKS for all the years of GREAT MUSIC!

[@camille9ful]

What're you talking about Sully? Paul Simon retired? Never! Just saw him perform in Charlotte in June this year. Still Total Perfection!

[@levibrewer8463]

Fly the kite

[@pnp522]

My favorite class in high school. We used mostly Tri-X not Kodachrome though. I must have shot 8-10 rolls of film a week

[@gamemeister27]

You must have had awful teachers.

[@bkisl7275]

@@gamemeister27 Great picture!

[@Steve-yo4ld]

Here I am again, Pauls music never ages, what a time it was to be young and innocent with our whole life ahead of us!❤

[@ABock4]

The music of Paul Simon is something that I recently re-discovered after hearing him some while growing up. One of the great talents to ever do it.

[@brucehuddleston9563]

Kodachrome 35 mm film really did make images look better than reality. The song is perfect in every way!

[@chriswarburtonbrown1566]

When I had just turned 18 I went to work on a farm in Scotland. I had a handful of tapes from a second hand store, and this album was one of them. I listened to it over and over again. 32 years later I can still smell the damp in my little caravan... so many powerful memories of the first steps into adult life.

[@alfreddeflorio7938]

This song is very special to me. It was June 18th in 1990. I was on a bus headed to the Greater Pittsburgh Airport. I joined the Army and I was headed to Ft Dix NJ for basic training. The bus had a radio, and this song started playing. Now I've loved Simon and Garfunkel, so I knew this song well. The part of the song that really hit me, was the line "Mama don't take my Kodachrome and leave your boy so far from home "... I was a 17 year old kid who signed up for an awesome adventure, and I was on my own for the first time. Hard to believe it's been 33 years ago, but it's a sweet memory I'll never forget. I ended up retiring after 22 years of service. Looking back, Paul Simon helped me start the adventure of a lifetime

[@Pertusetian]

Outstanding!

[@badlaamaurukehu]

Kodak

[@gregduck7455]

Like other comments, yeah, this song is so summer of 1973. Takes me back to being a carefree 15 year old boy, heatwave, wearing nothing but my cut-off jean shorts & Northstar runners. Walking my dog Dixie & goofing off with my friends. My Dad doing BBQ on our house's sundeck. Going to the beach in my Uncle Brent's 1962 Chev Acadian convertible. Great song.

[@Steve-yo4ld]

Those were the days for sure, how did the last 50 years fly by so damn fast!?😢

[@johnhummer265]

This single alone, made Paul Simon, not only an American legend, but also an American icon,.......forever!!

[@krypton1982]

This song randomly popped up in my head out of the blue. Needed to hear it.

[@sandrab601]

Me, too, just now!

[@SimonMas]

roger hawkins on drums is the hero of this song. i don't care what you say, but if you just zoom into his playing, he's the boss. collected, precise, never seems to sweat it out, it always has the song under control, it gradually increases the steam from 1:49 until the song goes in cut time for the ending, and i can really see him, calmly banging on his drum like he was drinking a glass of water. fantastic.

[@sandraa2971]

This song makes me feel happy and wish I can go back in time with my own camera. I loved taking pictures with my cannon., Minolta with actual film.

[@MichaelMurray-id2vj]

I'm 66years old and I still like this song

[@gerardorodolfocaceresespin3922]

Después de 50 años no he olvidado esa canción, es buenísima, viva en la memoria de quienes la conocimos.

[@lisakoumrian5301]

I adopted my first cat from shelter and was driving him home and this was on the radio (top 40) He lived 20 years. RIP Carbon! 😼

[@angelaandeway4733]

Best opening line.

[@huskiefilms7080]

I’m 19 and this is better than Alot of new music

[@ladyhonor822]

I will carry the song until the day I die. My daddy sung it to me since I got here. Philadelphia USA 🇺🇲 AMEN ☦️🙏😇❤️💋

[@ladyhonor822]

Just breathe In and out.❤

[@preator11]

Jesus this is good. How does a song last through time like this?????

[@tamd8802]

I hear this song and I'm a kid of 12 again, riding my bicycle in the summer without a care or worry in the world. What I wouldnt give to go back to those days. Another great Muscle Shoals AL hit. I never realized growing up that just across the river hit songs were being made left and right. The drummer for this song and many others from Muscle Shoals passed away last week. RIP Roger Hawkins. You left a legacy of amazing performances. Rock on. ❤🎵🥁

[@calcium.8454]

17 years old and I dance and just light up so much when I listen to this song. I knew it from my dad and Coneheads haha so I grew up listening to it but it's truly a soul toucher. Just makes me feel so good

[@jperschino]

18 when this song was released. Still evokes the same feeling of euphoria and toe tapping as do most of Mr Simon's songs. Thanks for posting and Thankfully he shared his music with us all.

[@babeeblues]

I ain't the only one in whom this gem also resonates w/ some poignancy. Even the best of times, our fondest memories: we can never quite capture all they were. While, to me, we can never quite capture all we'd want even in the best times we've had. I dearly hope, recall these as intoxicating, resonating mightily. Yet, as it turns out w/ basic quantum mechanics, trying to capture, distill our most blissful moments bound to fall short; even impact for the worse in the very moments we oughta be as fully engaged in as we can.

[@squishmastah4682]

This song brings me joy even as it brings tears to my eyes.

[@barryallender8694]

H.S. Class of '75 and I love this song.

[@shiloazriel3267]

paul simon truly has some rhythm to his voice that none other have

[@jakematic]

Reminds me of hearing this on AM as we pulled up to Arthur Treachers in the jalopy. As a pro, and old man, this song is special

[@user-od2xl9ys7p]

Typing in Paul Simon Kodachrome in the search box brought me here.

[@Billy_Carter]

Same

[@edgarmendez3528]

Good one lol

[@danm9390]

The way it should be done!

[@hydroelectriclyre2775]

Took me a second. Nice

[@marypetrilli8672]

Cheeky

[@2FRESH-4U]

The older I get the more this song makes me cry

[@kennithmorella2693]

I’m 68 years old I remember hearing this song when I was a teenager and Singing mama don’t take my car and comb away. Always had my car and I always had my comb.Some years later My wife told me the words are DONT TAKE MY KODACHROME AWAY. I still singing Don’t take my car and comb away. 😎🇺🇸

[@gunnerysgthartman9263]

Please say y'all realize this song isn't about film/ cameras. It's a metaphor about memories of your youth. When you think back, you tend to embellish things and remember all the great, wonderful, bright, and colorful times (like Kodachrome film). However, today seems black and white. He cherishes and wants to keep those memories. It's genius songwriting.

[@mattyiannielli2067]

Gunnery Sgt Hartman What is this Mickey Mouse shit?

[@alexschalk5439]

Absolutely correct.

[@LukeBeadles]

Paul Simon is one of my favorite lyricists. Right up there with Peart (RIP)

[@gtomlucero]

I think u r right!!

[@ZaveAres]

Yes

[@RoIIingStoned]

I had an extremely nostalgic, emotional dream last night and this song was playing out of nowhere; I hadn't heard it in years. I went crazy finding it, but I did!

[@RoIIingStoned]

I had no idea it was by Paul Simon! 22yrs

[@squishmastah4682]

That's what this song does. Interesting how its theme so closely matches its actual impact.

[@BlakeNix]

You went crazy? After all these years? :-)

[@michaelbruns449]

Wow...

[@stephenwahl8740]

every boy should given this song on his first day in high school....truly words to live by

[@ILLIFIED77]

My dad who just died made me listen to this all the time. I will miss him. Thank you Paul for keeping his memory alive ❤️

[@lillieauger1900]

My condolences.

[@ILLIFIED77]

@@lillieauger1900 thank you Lillie

[@nilsberger9524]

@@ILLIFIED77 Well memories, car washing on saturday evenings in western germany in the mid80s.

[@dzapp98]

Your Dad had great taste! God bless his soul!

[@felixarredondo7016]

Rembering is reliving..

[@TroysJourney]

I've loved this song a long time..Another Black Man Here From Washington DC..😂

[@donisenhart4123]

Nobody gives a shit if your black, white, yellow, purple blue......... These kind of comments keep the racism alive!

[@mkl62]

A #2 hit for Paul Simon in the Summer of 1973. It also hit #2 on the Adult Contemporary charts and also on the Cash Box charts. Ditto in Canada and New Zealand. It went to #3 on the Canadian AC charts, #8 in France, #15 in The Netherlands, #17 in Spain, and #20 in Australia.

[@AnthonyELombardi]

First memory of this song was sitting on the floor with my old man in front of his record player listening to it on 45

[@mrsbluesky8415]

Reminds me of my first summer back in the States from Japan. I was 13 and we stayed at my cousin’s house for about a month and did what teens did, going to the mall, eating ice cream, swimming. And this song playing in the background! What great memories.

[@davidhugaert8006]

I love this 1973 Paul Simon hit, which peaked @ #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart!!! Bravo, Paul Simon!!!

[@KristNi]

Its amazing these how much older songs are so sentimental to younger people and generations across different races. Its truly amazing how great these artists and songs are

[@dudemeisterSC]

You hit the nail on the head!

[@barneschitown]

that Piano at the end, damn!

[@theodoreradford2566]

I can't compete with Ralph Bishop, but my mother told me around 1976 that Paul Simon was the greatest American songwriter ever.

[@JOANNAMADAMS]

I can still hear Kasey Kasem announcing this song on the top 40. One of the best songs of the 70's. Practically everything Paul Simon has done is excellent 1972 wow! I love this song!

[@brettwatson-will3388]

Fantastic song by a fantastic singer. Paul Simon you are a legend.,

[@nancyquinones4122]

My mom and I used to sing this song when it came out on the radio. I was just a little girl. Good memories!

[@jfrtbikgkdhjbeep9974]

nancy quinones awww thats sweet

[@user-se1rx8st6z]

I heard this song at first in 1978, when I was a freshman in university. I am impressed very strongly. Thanks a lot☆. South Korea

[@matambale]

First record I ever owned. Sister gave it to me as a birthday present. Great album. Great sister.

[@toddsands6000]

One of the greatest written songs and melodies ever produced on a recording - period!

[@amberpalmer892]

I am 14 and I love this type of music it really brings out the day of a sunny day

[@NunyaBSwax-xr9gn]

This dude can write!!!! Love me some Paul Simon!

[@XibalbaScrolls3000bc]

I just spent 3 days trying to find the name of this song. I hymed it I hummed it I sang bits and pieces of it , until someone in line with me just finished the lyrics, lol an awesome song for an awesome day

[@Explosive-Variety]

I was born in 1980, oldies were in my ear, when I was being brought up. I love this so much i burn it up, what's even worse is that I listen to many varieties of music and people look at me. But I'm good with that.

[@angelalyons653]

This is the best feel good music 🎶

[@jfrtbikgkdhjbeep9974]

Diabolical Insolence my gahhd .. you are very beautiful 😍

[@squishmastah4682]

It brings me joy even as it brings tears to my eyes.

[@Kristinapedia]

I may be only 52 but damn I love me some paul simon and simon and garfunkel! I remember going to the music store (The Wall) in the mid 90's and would buy a Metallica cassette along with a Simon and Garfunkel cassette.. Strange combination lol. I love it all!

[@nancymccormick1008]

Well I can bet that I'm a 64 year old woman and I grew up on this music and I love it so much. I'm glad you're you love it too

[@eugeneendres5846]

My god, I was all of 12 years old ! What Iwould give to be that age again. No cares, no worries. My whole life still ahead of me. Good times.

[@babeeblues]

No cares, no worries at age 12? Seriously? Even if so, I hardly aspire to a life where I care 'bout nothin'. Who does?

[@KB-sv7fm]

I was 11. I wish I could be 11 again in 1973. I wouldn’t want to be 11 now (AIDS , crack cocaine, climate change, school shootings). I just wish that I could take some of the knowledge that I have about health back to 1973. I have some unusual food intolerances that were not diagnosed for decades.

[@33Luger]

You had worries at 12, nostalgia just makes you forget them.

[@davidc.]

@@33Luger Finally someone says it

[@ericfoster8411]

I’m 34 so I didn’t hear these songs until way later than a lot of people here in the comments. Regardless, this is my absolute favorite Paul Simon song. When I first heard it I played it over and over at least 15 times. It’s got such a good vibe that made sense to me at the time. Especially love the double time part at 2:38

[@Fayee-hw1jy]

Hey I'm 64 an still love this song

[@brentmoss3134]

My mother and I listened to this song often when I was growing up. She worked at Kodak making Kodachrome film. I love her and miss her very much.